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Annual Report for 2005 SSSTTTAAATTTEEE OOOFFF CCCOOOLLLOOORRRAAADDDOOO Highway Safety Program 2005 Annual Report FFFiiinnnaaalll RRReeepppooorrrttt Highway Safety Program Annual Report FY 2005 Prepared for: Mr. Henry Sandoval Mr. Matthew Clayton Colorado Department of Transportation Safety and Traffic Engineering Branch 4201 East Arkansas Avenue Empire Park, Suite 770 Denver, Colorado 80222 Prepared by: Dr. Jeffrey Zax, Professor of Economics University of Colorado at Boulder Department of Economics - 256 UCB Boulder, Colorado 80309-0256 Ms. Jennifer Garner Garner Insight 1410 St. Paul Street Denver, Colorado 80206 Ms. Glissen Rhode Glissen, LLC 123 East 3rd Avenue, #4 Denver, Colorado 80203 Final Report Disclaimer and Privacy Information This Publication includes documents intended for limited distribution and/or contains some personal information of private citizens. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, in an electronic retrieval system or otherwise, without the written permission of the Colorado Department of Transportation. Table of Contents Table Colorado Department of Transportation Annual Report FY 2005 Introduction 1 Performance Goals & Trends 3 Impaired Driving Program Overview 13 Occupant Protection Program Overview 101 05-01-11-01 DUI Enforcement Training 15 05-06-61-01 Operation Buckle Down 103 05-01-11-02 College DUI Prevention 17 05-06-61-02 Child Passenger Safety 105 05-01-11-03 Denver Museum of Nature and Science 19 05-06-61-03 Tri-County Child Passenger Safety Program 107 05-01-11-04 Crossroads Turning Points 21 05-06-61-04 Denver Area Latino Traffic Safety Program 109 05-01-11-05 Judicial Impaired Driv ing Prevention 23 05-06-61-05 African-American Community Traffic Safety Pgm. 111 05-01-11-06 Tipsy Taxi/DUI Court 25 05-06-61-06 Mesa County Child Passenger Safety Program 115 05-01-11-07 Drug Recognition Ex pert (DRE) Training 27 05-06-61-07 Central Mountain SAFE Kids 117 05-01-11-08 DUI/DRE Conference 29 05-06-61-08 Occupant Protection Technology Transfer 119 05-01-11-09 DUI Ov ertime Enforcement 31 05-06-61-09 Pueblo & San Luis Latino Community Traffic Safety 121 05-01-11-10 Tech Transfer-Alcohol & Drug Countermeasures 33 05-06-61-10 La Plata Seat Belt Program 123 05-01-11-11 DUI Checkpoint Colorado 35 05-06-61-11 High Visibility Enforcement 125 05-01-11-13 Persistent Drunk Driver Program 37 05-06-61-12 Occupant Protection Enforcement 127 05-02-21-01 Accident Investigation/Reconstruction Training 39 05-06-61-13 Occupant Protection Enforcement 129 05-02-21-02 Aggressiv e Driv ing-Colorado State Patrol 41 05-09-91-01 Weld County Child Passenger & Driving Safety Pgm. 131 05-02-21-03 High Hazard Area Enforcement 43 05-09-91-02 Safe Communities Technology Transfer 133 05-02-21-04 Construction Cone Zone 45 05-09-91-03 Truck Safety Programs in Weld County 135 05-02-21-05 Maintenance Cone Zone 47 05-10-95-01 Pedestrian Safety Program 137 05-03-31-01 Drunk Driving Simulator 49 05-10-95-02 Cycle Helmet Safety Program 139 05-03-31-02 High School DUI Prevention 51 Public Information Program Overview 141 05-03-31-03 TEAM Fort Collins-Underage Drinking 67 05-08-81-01 High Visibility DUI Enforcement 143 Traffic Records Program Overview 69 05-08-81-02 PI-DUI Prev ention 147 05-04-41-01 Traffic Records Update 71 05-08-81-03 DUI Prev ention 151 05-04-41-03 CSP System Enhancement 73 05-08-81-04 Click It or Ticket 155 05-04-41-04 Problem Identification 75 05-08-81-05 Educational Materials for DUI Prevention 163 05-04-41-05 Seat Belt Survey 77 05-08-81-06 Teen Driv ing 165 05-04-41-06 Emergency Medical Serv ices and Trauma 79 05-08-81-07 Child Passenger Safety 169 05-04-41-08 Impaired Driv ing Program Assessment 81 05-08-81-08 Media Pool Funds-DUI Prevention 175 Roadway Safety Program Overview 83 05-08-81-09 Media Pool Funds-Occupant Protection 181 05-05-51-01 Traffic Safety Engineering Studies 85 05-08-81-10 La Plata County Clicks-San Juan Basin Health Dept. 191 05-05-51-02 Signs for Small Communities 87 05-05-51-03 Traffic Safety Engineering Seminars 89 05-05-51-04 Work Zone Seminars 91 05-05-51-05 Traffic & Highway Engineering Training 93 05-05-51-06 Maintenance Incentive 95 05-05-51-07 Info. Brochures & Tech. Reference Materials 97 05-05-51-08 Professional Memberships 99 Page i Page Intentionally Left Blank Introduction Introduction The mission of the Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT’s) Safety and Traffic Engineering Branch is to “reduce the incidence and severity of motor vehicle crashes and the associated human and economic loss” (Integrated Safety Plan, 2005-2007). In support of this mission, the Branch works closely with Colorado communities, law enforcement and traffic safety experts to design and implement projects to proactively address the state’s emerging and persistent traffic safety challenges. This report details each of these activities and, where possible, assesses their contribution to im- proving traffic safety in Colorado. This report describes the Safety and Traffic Engineering Branch’s 17 performance measures, provides an overview of each Program Area and describes in-detail each project that was implemented in FY 2005. The safety programs are within the Safety and Traffic Engineering Branch, headed by Gabriela Vidal, P.E.III, Branch Manager. Accomplishments In FY 2005, the Safety and Traffic Engineering Branch continued to make marked progress toward its goals, as indicated by its perfor- The Safety and Traffic mance measures. Engineering Branch’s Statewide seat belt use in 2005 was 79.2%. CDOT grantees wrote comprehensive projects more than 10,000 seat belt citations during the May Mobilization. addressed Colorado’s Urban African-American male seat belt use rose to 62%, a new high. emerging and persistent During high-visibility impaired driving enforcement waves alcohol- traffic safety challenges. related crashes fell by 12% compared to the same period in 2004. CDOT led a multi-agency Impaired Driving Assessment to improve its impaired driving prevention efforts. { The Safety and Traffic Engineering Branch continued its efforts to improve its accident records system. New, innovative projects addressing high-risk populations were de- veloped, including urban and rural Latino communities and teens. Continued Page 1 Funding State and Federal funds, combined with agency match, comprise the Safety Education and Enforcement budget. For 2005, State Pro- Introduction grams such as LEAF, MOST and the Cone Zone received $2.2 mil- lion in state funds. The Branch’s Federal funds allocated to support safety programs in 2005 totalled $5.8 million and funded 63 projects. In addition, there was program administration and support of ap- proximately $670,000. Acknowledgments The FY 2005 Annual Report project team gratefully acknowledges the significant contributions of the Safety and Traffic Engineering Branch staff, the Public Relations Office (PRO) staff, other state and local agencies, groups and Sub-Grantees. The leadership of Henry Sandoval and Project Manager, Matthew Clayton, was essential to the FY 2005 Annual Report process and content. Program Administration The Safety Program’s Safety Education and Enforcement unit is headed by Christine Rees, and she works cooperatively with other units within Safety Programs including Traffic Records, Roadway Safety and Media. Page 2 Performance Goals & Trends CDOT’s Integrated Safety Plan details the agency’s goals and objec- tives for its traffic safety program. CDOT has set specific goals for reducing the number of fatal and injury crashes and the overall crash rate through fiscal year 2005. To accomplish this, CDOT has devel- oped 17 performance measures to track progress toward these long- term goals. Where possible, the following goals, along with supporting graphs, Trends & Goals demonstrate Colorado’s progress toward these goals. The most cur- Performance rent available data is presented. Goal 1. Reduce alcohol-related fatal crashes as a percentage of all fatal crashes to 29.0% by 2010. In 2004, Colorado adopted the 0.08 BAC stan- dard. If the 0.08 BAC standard had not been enacted, the goal for this measure would have been 31.5%. 100% 90% Alcohol-Related Fatal Crashes 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 44.6% 40.7% Goals 30% 39.0% 40.5% 20% 39.1% 45.6% 10% 38.2% 43.1% 0% 40.9% 1995 35.9% 19 19 Source: 96 29.5% 1998 97 Colorado Department of Transportation,1999 Colorado Integrated Safety Plan, 2005-2007. The rate of alcohol- 20 20 00 related fatal crashes had 2002 29.0% 01 2003 20 trended down since 20 04 2006 05 2001. However, addi- 2007 20 tional progress must be 20 08 2010 09 made for CDOT to {reach its 2010 goal. Continued Page 3 Performance Goals & Trends Goal 2. Reduce the average BAC at time of arrest to .090 by 2010. Average BAC at the 0.2 time of arrest began 0.18 trending up in 2003. 0.16 BAC Level 0.155 0.14 0.15 0.151 0.12 0.1 0.135 0.13 0.08 0.134 Goals 0.156 0.06 0.128 0.16 }0.04 0.12 0.02 0 0.1 1 99 1 99 5 1 Source: 99 6 1998 Colorado Department7 of19 Transportation, Colorado Integrated Safety Plan, 2005-2007. 0.09 2 9 00 9 2 00 0 2002 1 2003 2 00 2 00 4 2006 5 2007 2 00 2 00 8 2010 9 If the downward Goal 3. Reduce the total number of crashes per 100 million VMT to 291.3 by trend in crashes per 2010.
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